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Cheers bob, sounds like fun. I hit town late may so will probably join you guys for what sounds like a good time.

Haivng not swuing a club in about 4 years i'm not too keen on playing a full sized course but would be quite keen to play on a par 3 9 or 18 hole course in pattaya if they have one. anyone know?

No pool table? oh well....i'll have to settle for the 30 baht drinks...thats a pretty sweet price in a great locale! Chok Dee!

Well done, i'll pop in for a look after may 21st. just curious, did you read the staff that didn't turn up over songkran the riot act? I'd be well pissed off, especially with the foreman.

That seems pretty steep, how long did he overstay?

Nice, sounds superb actually, especially the golfing part. Whats your handicapp? did you play that much at home? I haven't played in years because of not having access to courses but i can strike the ball quite well. I too am planning on making the move to thailand, maybe pattaya at some point and aside from the obvious, playing a lot of golf is also high on my list of things to do.

Is this still happening? i arrive on the 20th and would be keen for the 21st.

Going by the photo's, she has a pretty solid looking swing. Golfing's a great if not the greatest of hobbies and would be ideal for bargirls, i mean if they aren't starting "work" til the evening then they can get out every day to scratch the golfing itch.

Easy chief, you're the un-worldly dweeb who leaped to a snarky conclusion because you didn't do any homework to know one of the top aerospace companies in the world. My man, i've been on the road for the last 7 years. Hope you have a bit more knowledge about the big world when you begin to impart wisdom to your lucky pupils. 4 years in Korea and no complaints yet, funnily enough, no queries regarding BAE either...fancy that! Four questions then: 1) Do you know the difference between plurals and possessives? Perhaps not. yes 2) Can you spell past participles correctly? yes 3) Can you use an atlas? It's Hartlepool. get the joke 4) How are you ever going to get through an MA? Same way i got through 2 BA'selbow grease, a little luck, nicotine and a shitload of instant coffee I don't want a flame war with you, you obviously are one of the big wigs round here with your 2500+ posts so i'll leave you with the last word. I just came here to catch up with skygod's exploits and thought i would contribute to a thread i know a bit about. I think i'll refrain in the future.

Hey, i've been teaching in Korea for just over 4 years now. Here's the skinny, If you have a degree in basketweaving from the north east Hartlypool agricultural community college for the academically challenged, and a warm pulse, you will get a job in korea. We are employed as human tape recorders, they want us to teach pronunciation, and thats it. Korean teachers teach math and science, we teach "orange....orange....orange....orange....IT'S NOT FUCKING ORANGEEE IT'S FUCKING ORANGE". There are two options available to you in korea if you have an undergraduate degree, either teach in an after school academy for a private business that may or may not go bust before the completion of your 1 year contract or teach at a public school. There are of course plusses and minuses to both these options, working in after school academy's usually means an afternoon start, small classes and the chance to work with other foreigners and hot young korean girls. This is offset by the very probable chance that your boss will be a money hungry, incompetent, asswipe who cares about nothing (kids and staff included) but the bottom line. Public schools are good in that you have a lot of time to fuck around (hence my internet addiction) so long as you are seen as looking busy. For instance, mondays i have a grand total of 3 40 minute classes but have to be at school from 830-430. The fact that you are payed every month and have 100% of your contract fulfilled are the biggest selling points to me of working in a public school over an academy but, the classes can be huge (upwards of 50) and you really have to have your classroom management/methodology/ lesson planning techniques down. Also, you will be the only foreigner teaching at your school and possibly living in your town if you are in a rural area, this has it's charms to begin with but rapidly gets quite grating. The money can be good, i have friends working in seoul making 4 500 a month with a free house thrown in on top. I make about half that with free accomodation as well but will head off to bigger and better things next year. Feel free to hit me with any questions.

Save the sarcasm brother, up until this point i had no clue who BAE is. I have tentativley laid out a career path that would see me living and working in LOS on a decent salary. I'd rather not rest on the laurels of a BA and CELTA/TESOL if you are choosing TEFL teaching as a career, it seems rather short sighted to me, but thats just my opinon.

Yeah...but i'll be fucked if i'm working for an english language academy for an arab, koreans are bad enough in terms of being treated like a sub human! This one looks pretty good http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/postgraduate/cou...p/mal_tesol.htm . It works out at about 12 000 Aus $ and is full time for 1 year. At 4 units a semester it's a lot of work but nothing worth having comes easy in life right. Some people may knock MA's but courses that specifically relate to TESOL, combined with experience (i will have 6 years teaching under my belt by the time i start my MA), really do stand you in good steed for the cream of the EFL jobs out there, be they in thailand or elsewhere.

Sure, but i'm taking the MA route due to MA's being a prerequisite to work in the middle east, with the intention of eventually making my way to LOS working in some sort of management capacity. Thats the plan anyways, a DELTA and degree should get you into a Thai university, but thats about the extent of it.

Me...it all comes down to motivation i guess.

If you have a degree and are set on TEFL teaching in thailand on a long term basis then don't fuck around with CELTA/TESOL one month certificate. Get some dosh together and do a Masters in Applied linguistics. This qualification, combined with some teaching experience will get you into thai universities, instructor jobs at CELTA/TESOL courses, and management positions at private language schools. If you don't have a degree and are planning on teaching in thailand on the back of a one month course you are setting yourself up for a big fall.